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Hercules

Year:

1959

Duration:

104 min | USA:107 min | West Germany:90 min | Portugal:98 min

Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy

IMDB rate:

5.4

Director:

Pietro Francisci

Details

Country: Italy

Release Date: 1959-07-22

Filming Locations: Titanus Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Earnings

Gross: $5,000,000 (USA)ITL 900,000,000 (Italy)

Cast

Actor

Character

Luciana Paluzzi

Steve Reeves

Ercole (Hercules)

Sylva Koscina

Iole, Daugher of Pelias

Fabrizio Mioni

Jason

Ivo Garrani

Pelias, King of Iolcus

Gianna Maria Canale

Antea, Queen of the Amazons

Arturo Dominici

Eurysteus

Mimmo Palmara

Iphitus, Son of Pelias

Lidia Alfonsi

The Sybil

Gabriele Antonini

Ulysses

Aldo Fiorelli

Argos

Andrea Fantasia

Laertes

Afro Poli

Chironi

Gian Paolo Rosmino

Aesculapius (as G.P. Rosmino)

Willi Colombini

Pollux

Fulvio Carrara

Castor

Gino Mattera

Orpheus

Gina Rovere

Amazon #1

Lily Granado

Amazon #2 (as Lilli Granado)

Aldo Pini

Tifi

Guido Martufi

Iphitus as a child

Paola Quattrini

Iole as a child

Romano Barbieri

Augusto Belardelli

Spartaco Nale

Did you know?

Trivia

In 1962, Embassy Pictures reissued "Hercules" on a double feature with Attila (1954) with the tag line "The Mightiest Men In All The World! The Mightiest Show In All the World!"

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American distributor Joseph E. Levine spent more money promoting this film in the U.S. than its original Italian producers had spent making it in the first place.

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The film's cinematographer Mario Bava claimed credit for suggesting that Reeves grow a beard for the role.

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Goofs

Hercules offers Iole a chunk of roast beef, but Sylva Koscina's bite at the joint misses by inches. However, she still munches at the imaginary meat and then complains of being too full.

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After killing the lion and dropping it to the ground, the dead lion blinks.

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Obvious stunt double for Iole when Hercules rescues her from the runaway chariot at the beginning of the movie.

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Quotes

The Sybil: As the worm eats the fruit that matures, as men stalk their prey, he will come here for you. When you see the man, he will wear one sandal. Wait no longer! That man would slay you.

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Pelias, King of Iolcus: You want only your glory. You brought the gods' vengeance on my house. You'll atone for these things. You fought the lion. You'll pay for the things you believe in. You'll do as I order you to! And I swear no man will help you. I charge you to meet the Cretan Bull in battle and may the curse of the gods be upon you... until you pay for the blood of Iphitus.

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Eurysteus: I'll be going now, to my hiding place. As you promised, it was the only reward I got.

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